Book-cover protector.



H. C. HOWARD.

BOOK COVER PRGTECTOR. APPL|cATioN-r|LED ocr.z.1914.

Patented Dea, 26,' 1916.-

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R. C. HOWARD. 800K COVER PROTECTOR.- ,APPLmATmn man ocr.7.1914.

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is simple in construction, cheap to manuf facture, durable and easily attached to the cover of a book. y y

Another object of my invention is to provide a cover which when placed upon a book and folded into engagement with the coverl thereof can not become disengaged or loose upon the cover of the book.

The principal feature of my invention resides in the manner in which the iiaps of the protector are cut and folded together so as to prevent accidental disengagement.

With the above and other objects in view my invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as set forth in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book having the cover open and provided with my .improved protector. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the cover of a book showing the arrangement of my protector' thereon. Fig. 3 is an inside view of the cover protector, one half of the same being folded and the other half being partially opened. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank showing the cover protector before folding.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the various views of the drawings.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which the preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated I provide a bookcover protector having a body portion 1 which is divided into three portions 2, 3 and 16 by the creases or lines 4, these portions 2 and 3 being adapted to embrace the back and front 5 and 6 of a book-cover, this beingg shown to advantage in Fig. 2. The body portion 1 of the book-cover is provided with top flaps 7, said top flaps 7 being adapted to fold upon the line 8, this line marking the l specification df Letters Patent.

Application led October '7, 1914.

Patented Dec. .26, 1916. serial No. 865,534. f

marginal edge of the body portion 1 when all of the flaps are folded. End flaps V10 and 11 are provided, these flaps being adapted to fold on the lines 8. .Bottom flap 9is formed substantiallyin a manner similar to the flaps 7, the inner or adjacent sides of the said flaps 7 and 9 being'inclined as shown at 12 and 13 and converged toward the point at which the flaps 7 are folded upon the body portion 1. Supplemental flaps or tongues 14 are provided by slitting the top and bottom iiaps along the lines 7 and 9.

AThe tongues 14 are adapted to be folded upon the portion 15 of the line 8 at the points 15 and strengthen the portion 16 of the body portion 1 which is embraced between the two creases or lines 4, when the tivo portions 2 and 3 of the cover protector are engaging the cover of a book. As will be noted to advantage in Fig. 4 these tongues 14 are substantially of a width equal to the width of the portion 16, and the converging edges 12 and 13 of the iiaps 7 and 9 terminate at the outer edge of the iap 14 as indicated at 17. The side iaps 10 and 11 are adapted to be folded as stated above on the lines 8, and the said flaps 10 and 11 are folded upon themselves on thel lines 18, thereby providing supplemental flaps 19 and 20, the said flaps 19 and 20 being folded upon the lines 18 at such an angle as to conform to the slanting or converging lines 12 and 13 of the flaps 7 and 9 when the cover protector is in engagement with the cover of a book.

When it is desired to apply the cover' protector to a book-cover the back and front of the book are open and laid flat on the body portion 1 of the protector. The flaps 9 are then folded upon the cover of the book and the tongues 14 are inserted between the back 21 and the binding 22 of the book. The flaps 7 are now folded upon the iaps 9 and in order to lock the same in position the side flaps 10 and 11 are folded upon the flaps 7 and 9, the supplemental fiaps 19 and 20 carried by the flaps 10 and 11 being inserted between the flaps 7 and 9 and engaging the flaps 7, this being indicated to advantage at 23 in Fig. 3. Since the l'iaps 19 and 20 are folded on the lines 18 at such an angle as to en* gage the marginal edges 12 and 13 of the flap 7 it is impossible for the Haps 7 and 9 to become disengaged from the book-cover, this only being rendered possible by removal of the flaps 19 and 20 from engagement with s fllh'eap- 20 .is folded-in asimilarv mannen and neednot bei dfweltfuponzturther f at'fthisitime. i The leaves4 of the .book are-dndicated by'. Ithe ifi numera'li -i22, and it can .be =freadilyf `noted vf ffrorn the .dr-aniingftheiexactx.mannen in-Whiich respondingiiapzef the-top pair -a-ndttlmbody adapted to embrace the name plate 21 of the book so that the book-Whenprovided-:With

my improved cover protector is entirely protected from dust and dirt and V'other'flike"` damage ,'lhefmannenin ,which the-flaps v19 andi 2O engagetheflaps 7 is shown to advantage in Fig. 2, it being-.notedithat theI-ap 19 is folded at the point V18 and inserted between the? flap 7 :andthe L iap 9fofthebook- .f- :myfdeviceisappliedrto a book cover.

#From .the-14 above 7itis' thought. that auclear and @comprehensive understanding fof the V:constructionvand. application. -Joff-.my inven- 201` tionVv can .be .had, :and .it -Will bef readily .fnoted andl appreciatedv byl those skilled in lthe art y: ,that I-.ha-ve provided a.boekcov.er protector which `is=simple V,in constructiong cheap to :manufacture 4and readily:appliedto.y a bookcover .tof protectiethe same.

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vention as possessing a peculiar form and construction it is desired that it be understoodthat 1-ma-y-r-nake such changes in the detlOlmalion and construction of the de- 'vice'as do not depart from the spirit and scppeothe invention as claimed. "Having thus described my invention what Lrclaimfarldidesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A book-cover-fproteetOr-fcomprising body :fporti0n,-.pairsfof1 .top andubottomi flaps; and a=pair Fof- Qpposingrsideiiapsf attached to the body: portion;` a'lflsofisaid .flaps `-lying inl overlappedrelation ltov thefb'od'y f portiong the bottom' -laplof y:each.pair?lyingloetxveen :the :cor-

portion, and the corresponding. .sside'f-:lap

'v'.overylyingathe topV-lapgt thef ends foffeach of said-nsideiflapsf lyng bet-Ween; the i top: and

bottom Haps.

1.-1nftestimonywhereof; L; aiximyrsignature rin 4presence otytwowvitnesses.

' :REBEGGA-LG HGVVARD.

" Vitnesses:

N. A. CROGHAN, aRoBr SHEPBARD. 

